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This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

All memoranda of agreement between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate, pertaining to the Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety (RAPS) program.

Per the November 2012 RAPS test plan (available at https://muckrock.s3.amazonaws.com/foia_files/Final_Response_Musgrave_5.19.15....pdf): " Memoranda of Agreement are in process between DHS S&T and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and S&T and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Officials from these organizations, and from the Department of Defense (DOD), have been directly involved in developing this Test Plan and are stakeholders in our general assessment of SUAS capabilities. "

Given that this FOIA is submitted in my capacity as a journalist who has covered drones extensively, I request that I be categorized as a media requester for the purpose of fees. Here is a selection of my published articles for MuckRock:

As the requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com and pertains to a matter of considerable public interest, I further request a full waiver of all fees.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Good Morning Mr. Musgrave:This message is in reference to your FOIA Request 2015-006876 received on June 15, 2015 requesting "all memoranda of agreement between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate, pertaining to the Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety (RAPS) program. Per the November 2012 RAPS test plan (available at https://muckrock.s3.amazonaws.com /foia_files/Final_ Response_Musgrave_5.19.15....pdf): " Memoranda of Agreement are in process between DHS S&T and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and S&T and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Officials from these organizations, and from the Department of Defense (DOD), have been directly involved in developing this Test Plan and are stakeholders in our general assessment of SUAS capabilities."

Your case has been assigned to our office for processing. Due to the nature of your inquiry and to make sure that we provide you with all the information that you are requesting, we need to negotiate with you an extension of 10 days (weekday) from July 8, 2015. If you agree to the extension, the new due date for your case will be July 21, 2015. We will need this additional time to complete the processing of your request.

Please send me an email with your agreement to this extension.

If you have any questions regarding your case, please contact Lizett Culley, FOIA Specialist at (202-267-8098) or lizett.Culley@faa.gov<mailto:lizett.Culley@faa.gov>.

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